Gents Championship 2017 - Draws!

All the Qualifiers have been completed and the Draws for the knockout stages have been derived from the qualification positions. The issues over ties have been resolved. The rules refer to the third qualifying round as being the competition to resolve ties if all players involved in the tie have played three Qualifiers. The Medal designated as Championship Qualifier 3 has been used even although it was played second. This rule sorted outmost of the ties.

One tie in Division 3 where one of the players had not played three qualifiers has been resolved using the additional rule that states " the tie shall be decided by the better score in the last of the two rounds counted in the qualifying score, regardless of the fact that they may be played on different dates, followed by the last 9 holes, last 6 holes ..."

The tables below show the best two aggregate scores in each class sorted by score and the rules for resolving ties Entrants who submitted No Returns or didn't play in one the two qualifiers to date are shown with a score of 200 for that competition to ensure that the sort works properly. The final sorted tables have been used for seeding in the knockout stages.

The Draws for the first round of any knockout stage is shown below the relevant Division Table. Tee times for matches are also shown. The Draw Sheets will be displayed in the Changing Room from Monday and will also be on the website behind the Matchplay Progress button later today.

The Round of 16 for Division 3 will be played on Tuesday 27th June

All Quarter Finals (Open, Divisions 2 and Division3) will be played on Wednesday 28th June

All Semi Finals (all four Divisions) will be played on Thursday 29th June

Evening matches will begin at 17:30 and go off at 7 or 8 minute intervals. As things stand there will be 7 matches on Tuesday, 12 on Wednesday and 8 on Thursday

Friday is a reserve day if the weather curtaiils play on previous days.

Finals day is Saturday 1st July

Let's hope the weather is kind.

I have e-mailed every qualifier with details of their first knockout match giving opponent and start time as I realise that not everyone reads the website or has time to come into Clubhouse close to Championship week.